A millionaire cosmetic surgeon's mansion which collapsed in June this year as he tried to build a super-basement has suffered a major setback. Owner Sid Gautam, 36, has now been refused permission to a new seven bedroom on the site.
The £1million home in Penarth, south Wales, which came down had been bought for £800,000 in 2014. Gautam wanted to add extra rooms to the property but the walls crumbled and collapsed into the planned new bottom floor. The plan was to make the house, a six-bedroomed family home in the same 1920s style and the basement is for extras storage and a playroom for children.
While super-basements are popular in London as wealthy homeowners add extra space without extending upwards - they are extremely rare in Wales.
